UCLA forward Alfred Aboya (12) puts up a shot over Maryland guard Eric Hayes (5) during the first half of a college basketball game Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

BOULDER — Finally able to speak about his five-player recruiting class, Colorado men’s basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik predicted that each will have “a major impact” on the program’s future.

CU officially announced the signings of two guards and three inside players Monday. Four of the five signees are high school seniors.

Joining the backcourt next fall will be 6-foot Javonte Clanton of Blinn Community College in Texas and 6-2 Nate Tomlinson, an Australian playing at Lee (Maine) Academy. Filling a size void on the Buffs’ roster will be 6-8 Adam Dufault of Killdeer, N.D.; 6-9 Trey Eckloff of Cherry Creek and 6-7 Toby Veal of Johnson High School in Savannah, Ga.

Veal is the most highly rated of the class, ranking No. 148 on Rival.com‘s national top 150 list. He averaged about 20 points and a dozen rebounds as a junior.

“An explosive, athletic rebounder and finisher around the rim,” Bzdelik said of Veal. “Toby has the potential to be one of the premier rebounders and defenders in the Big 12.”

Tom Kensler, The Denver Post

Louisville’s Padgett likely out for season. Louisville center David Padgett has a fractured right kneecap that will cause him to miss at least 10 weeks – possibly the rest of the season.

“David Padgett’s (college) career is probably coming to an end,” coach Rick Pitino said. “We’re all devastated for David and for the team.”

The fifth-year senior banged the knee in practice last week, Pitino said, and hit it again as he tried to draw a charging foul during No. 6 Louisville’s 84-53 win over Jackson State on Sunday.

Lil’ Romeo signs with USC. Lil’ Romeo, a teenage hip-hop performer, signed a national letter of intent to attend USC.

Lil’ Romeo, an actor and rapper whose full name is Percy Romeo Miller, is a senior guard at Beverly Hills (Calif.) High School. He averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 assists last season. His father, hip-hop mogul Master P, had tryouts with two NBA teams in the 1990s.

“This is the most important thing I’ve had to do and hopefully it sends a message to kids across the country that education is more important than money,” Miller said. “Getting a college scholarship is more important than winning an American Music Award, and I plan to be the best student-athlete I can be at USC.”

One recruiting service ranks Miller, a 6-0, 170-pounder, among the top 15 prep point guards in the country.

Body of U.S. player found SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — The body of former Washington State basketball player Tony Harris was found in a dense thicket in central Brazil, two weeks after he was reported missing.

The body of Harris was slumped against a tree in an Army training ground with the shoelace from one of his sneakers wrapped around his neck, said police spokesman Norton Luiz. The body was found Sunday after police received an anonymous tip.

“We believe he may have committed suicide because it appears the body fell from one of the tree’s branches, although we are not ruling out homicide,” Luiz said.

Harris, who would have turned 37 on Sunday, played on the Washington State team that reached the 1994 East Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Harris averaged 12.4 points and 4.3 rebounds in two seasons with the Cougars.

Four assistant basketball coaches at Division I schools and a top Adidas executive were among 10 people charged Tuesday with crimes including bribery and fraud as part of a wide-ranging federal investigation into corruption in college basketball.

CenturyLink, the telecommunications company that ended its sponsorship agreement with Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall because of his protests during the national anthem last year, said it will not terminate its agreement with current client Emmanuel Sanders.